Where To Buy Insulation Blankets
When you are considering buying insulation blankets for the mechanical components in your building, facility, or campus like boilers, steam traps, steam pipes, etc. you are presented with a wide variety of options and technologies to invest it. The complexity of your choice is only compounded by the many contractors and corporations that compete to design, manufacture, deliver, and/or install the...
Rooftop Pipe Insulation Blankets
This article was written by Meghan Reilly of Thermaxx Jackets.
NYC Local Law 87 (LL87) & 97 (LL97) & Insulation Blankets
This post was updated October 2019
Reduce GHG Emissions In CA With Insulation Blankets
Reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions has been the focus of legislation at the state & city levels that is sweeping the country, and California is no exception. In this legislation building GHG emissions are tracked and reductions are implemented using benchmarking. Every city has its own goals, which are usually accompanied with penalties for missing benchmarking requirements.
Marine Engine Room Insulation
What is Marine Engine Room Insulation? The engine room (or ER) of a large marine vessel such as a tug boat, fire boat, or mega ship houses the vessel's prime mover, usually some variations of a heat engine - diesel engine, gas or steam turbine, or some combination of these. On a large percentage of vessels ships and boats, the marine engine room is located near the bottom, and at the rear or aft...
Reusable Mechanical Insulation Blankets
Mechanical insulation is a term we hear often that is interchangeable with mechanical room insulation, boiler room insulation and chilled water system insulation. Mechanical insulation is simply insulating the components that make up the heating, cooling and domestic water systems in a building or industrial plant. Mechanical insulation is derived of many components: manual valves, actuated...
Insulation Jackets Vs. Insulation Blankets
There are a few benefits to utilizing a removable insulation jacket over a removable insulation blanket and vice versa. Clearly delineating the difference between the two is the first step towards understanding which would better fit your needs.
Spray Dryer Insulation Blankets
Spray drying is the process of converting a mixture in its liquid form to a powder. This is done by removing the moisture component from the liquid solution. The solution, sometimes called an emulsion, is sprayed through a nozzle into a chamber that simultaneously has hot air being blown into it. This is the preferred method of drying of many thermally-sensitive materials such as foods and...
Insulation Blankets for Clean Rooms & Airtight Rooms
Insulating in an airtight or clean room application can be extremely difficult. Good clean room design has the mechanical insulation out of the airtight or clean room environment to avoid the possibility of fibers being introduced into the air. At the same time, there can be equipment in the clean room that must be used in a production situation and has an elevated temperature that can cause an...
Pyrogel vs. Needled Fiberglass Insulation Material
The insulation material used to produce removable insulation covers varies dependent on the nature of the equipment being insulated. Commercial and industrial businesses use different equipment throughout their facilities based upon their particular needs. Therefore, the type of insulation a company selects is chosen off of the needs of the particular industry and business. Two types of...
